Play Do It! Mode

With Do It! mode, you are guided through a task while you perform it in the live application. This unique mode makes it possible for you to accomplish real work while you learn.

Note: Do It! mode playback is NOT supported when you view content using Mozilla Firefox.

When a topic is played in Do It! mode, the Do It! window opens on top of the target application. The top section of the window includes step-by-step instructions for completing the task. When you complete a step, you click the Next Step button to display instructions for the next step or to skip a step. The Previous Step button appears after you perform the first step in the topic, allowing you to move back to a previous step. If a key combination was set in the Preferences window, you can use that combination to advance to the next step in Do It! mode. A key combination is not available to navigate back to the previous step, however.

The bottom section of the Do It! window displays a graphic that illustrates how the screen should appear in the live application for the step. On the graphic, a marquee surrounds the area in which you should perform the action in the live application. You can drag the graphic to reposition it within the Do It! window, if necessary. You can also drag the lower right corner of the Do It! window to resize it and display more of the graphic or you can use the Show/Hide Graphic button to toggle the display of the graphic in the Do It! window. You can also move the Do It! window to another area of the screen by dragging the title bar to the desired location on the screen.

Control the topic playback using the Actions link that appears in the bubble.

Link	Description
Show next Alternative action	Display other ways to perform the current step. This link only appears when other ways to perform the current step are defined in the authoring process.
Next Step	Advance to the next step.
Previous Step	Return to the previous step.
Restart Playback	Return to the first step in the topic and restart the task.
Display Concept	Display the conceptual information for the task. This link only appears if conceptual task information exists.
Attachments	Display individual links that launch additional information related to the current screen. This link only appears if additional information exists for the current screen.
Play	Display links to launch the topic in See It!, Try It!, or Print It! mode (if Print It! mode is enabled). After viewing the step in See It! or Try It! mode, you can continue in that mode or press ESC to return to Do It! mode.
Preferences	Display the current preference settings for the Player. If this link does not appear, your administrator has preset all of the preferences and has prevented them from being changed.
Help	Display the Player help system.
View Outline	This link only appears if the topic was launched in a context-sensitive manner from a target or web-based application. Close the topic and return to outline in the Player.
Close Topic	Close the topic in current playback mode and return to the topic launch point.

To play a topic in Do It! mode:

Start the target application.
Start the Player.
Expand the outline as necessary to display topics.
Click a topic. You can also double-click a topic to launch it in the default playback mode.
Click .
You can also start a topic at a specific Jump-In Point.
Click Next Step to start the task, if necessary.
Perform the currently displayed step as indicated in the Do It! window.
Click Next Step after completing the step.
Repeat steps 7 and 8 to complete all steps for the task.
Click Close to complete the task.